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Named Person: | William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare |
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Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William Shakespeare; George Steevens; Alexander Chalmers; Henry Fuseli; William Blake |
OCLC Number: | 26692876 |
Notes: | Two of the illustrations are engraved by William Blake; v. 6, p. 354 and front. to v. 9. |
Description: | 9 volumes illustrations 22 cm |
Contents: | V. 1: Preface / Alexr. Chalmers, Nov. 1804. Sketch of the life of Shakspeare. Shakspeare's will. Chronology of Shakspeare's plays. Dr. Johnson's preface. An historical account of the English stage / by Mr. Malone. Mr. Pope's preface. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. -- v. 2: Twelfth night. Measure for measure. Much ado about nothing. Midsummer night's dream. Love's labour's lost. -- v. 3: Merchant of Venice. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the shrew. Winter's tale. -- v. 4: Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. -- v. 5: King Henry IV, part 2. Henry V. King Henry VI, part 1. King Henry VI, part 2. -- v. 6: King Henry VI, part 3. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. -- v. 7: Timon of Athens. Coriolanus. Julius Ceasar. Antony and Cleopatra. -- v. 8: Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles. King Lear. -- v. 9: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Glossarial index. |
Responsibility: | with a series of engravings from the original designs of Henry Fuseli ... with a selection of explanatory and historical notes ... by Alexander Chalmers. |
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